<p>Zoe and Tom try to connect the appeal of three recent blockbusters, considering (briefly) Squid Game's emptiness, Bond's cosy moral universe and Dune's weird and sexy intergalactic or 'hieratic' appeal (at more length). </p>

Zoe and Tom try to connect the appeal of three recent blockbusters, considering (briefly) Squid Game's emptiness, Bond's cosy moral universe and Dune's weird and sexy intergalactic or 'hieratic' appeal (at more length).

<p>Zoe and Tom try to connect the appeal of three recent blockbusters, considering (briefly) Squid Game's emptiness, Bond's cosy moral universe and Dune's weird and sexy intergalactic or 'hieratic' appeal (at more length).&nbsp;</p>

Block these busters: Bond, Dune, Squid Game

A podcast for the culturally curious that turns a critical eye on some of the most-hyped plays, books, films and music in recent years and asks where they came from and what they tell us about culture today. Zoe Strimpel is a historian of gender and intimacy, Sunday Telegraph columnist and sincere contrarian. Tom Stammers is a fair-minded historian of 19th century France and a lecturer in European history at Durham University - who nonetheless knows how to turn the screw when necessary. They've been yammering about culture together since university.

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Block these busters: Bond, Dune, Squid Game

Block these busters: Bond, Dune, Squid Game